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J. H. L. TUOK. MARINE TORPEDO.

"Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters PatentNo, 297,648, dated April 29, 1884.

' I Application filed MarchiB, 1884. -(1\'omol lel.l

To (LZZ Be it known that. I, a citizen of the Unite Francisco,

whom it may concern.-

JosIAn H. L. TUCK, a d States, residing at San San Francisco and Submarine and other Uses; and I do hereby declare the vfollowing to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will skilled pertains to make and My invention relates to torpedoes for sub nnrrine and other uses.

The torpedo herein 16th day of June, rial number 98,300.

The following description explains the na 1nventi0n and the manner in the art to which it apuse the same.

described was in most of its features embodied in an application for patent on a submarine boat filed 1883, and designated by seby me on the which 1 construct and apply the same.

The accompanying drawings iorin a part of this specification and illustrate my invention.

Figure it shows in side elevation the outline of a ship for submarine use with my torpedo and holding and rel chamber A is the vessel, B a

casing means applied. with a cork Fig. 3

float. compound lever, and O 0 bars extending therefrom to the front and rear ends of the vessel.

for the torpedoes E E. These torare formed with an end or chamber,

5 supports pedocsE F, for the explosive, end, G. This float either of cork or or w D D are frames or and a float or buoyant end G may be formed some analogous material, as

ith an air or gas chamber, as shown 111 Fig. 3, to give them buoyancy and cause them under side of a vessel cause the torpedoes tenaceously clined or which will keep abou to rise and bear to suchstructure, stick to surfaces that are considerably in-' even vertical, I coatthe float end terial against the other structure. To stick or cling more and to cling or or to in water to readily stick "and adhere to any 5c substance or surface. This coatingis marked g, and is shown upon both forms of float in Figs. 2 and 3. I also provide the float end of the explosive with a magnet, H, as shown in Fig. 2. This will causecthe explosive to 5 attach itself to any iron or steel surface-as the iron bottom of a ship or an iron band thereoneand cling for hours, regardless of the action of the water.

Thetorpedoes are held together by a chain or cable, Z, and are connected by an electric wire, X, to a battery (not shown) in the boat. Insulators are attached to the chain or cable Z, and the wire X passes round them and ex-' tends onto a reel, Y, and thence onto the but 6 5 tery, which is not shown. The two torpedoes are held at a distance apart, ashereinafterexplained, on bow and stern of boat, and are coupled together by the chain or cable Z, in order that as they rise under a vessel or other structure they may be as far apart as possible, so that they will be the more certain tocome into contact with the said structure. and still be kept from floating too far from each other by the connecting-chain, which-also furnishes 7 5 the support for the insulators. On the side of. the torpedo is provided'a bracket or other holding means, 6.

In use the torpedoes are placed in' the receiving frames or brackets l),I) on the top near the ends of the boat. The barsQ 0 enter through the frame D and have their ends in the brackets c in the torpedoes, and as long as they thus press upon the torpedoes the latter are held in place in the frames. The bars 0 G are attached to the lever 13' on its opposite arms, and are thereby operated together. This compound lever B is placed alongside of the opening of the water-lock, (for which see mypreviou's application, hereinbefore alluded to,)' and the operatortakes hold of it, and by throwing it into the position opposite to that shown in the drawings, thereby withdraws both bars 0 C at once and liberatesthe torpedoes E E, which rise of theirfown: buoyancy 5 and will attach themselves to; a vessel or other object, as hereinlrefore explained. "g-g Having thus describedmyinvention, what; k

1. A torpedo having a float portion coated with adhesive material and provided with a v magnet, substantiallyas set forth.

In a buoyant torpedo, the combination,

with the magazine, of a superposed buoyant chamber or float and a coating ofsome adhesive material applied thereto. whereby the torpedo will adhere to any object with which it IO may come in contact, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSIAH H. L. TUOK. Witnesses:

E. D. Grimm,- WM. H. SEARS, 

